Access Guide
Summary
- View information about opening hours.
- Amenities in this building include: exhibition rooms.
- The most accessible entrance has step-free level access, a manual door and a door permanently held open.
- This entrance is the entrance to the left as you enter through the arches.
- There are 2 floors once inside.
- Other floors can be accessed via: stairs.
- There is step-free access to the ground floor only once inside.
- There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
- Staff/volunteers can describe the layout and access around the site.
- The following are also available: seating and audio description.
- This site is part of the Sunflower Lanyard Scheme.
- The nearest toilet with adaptations for disabled people is in the stables toilet block. View information about this toilet (new tab)
Equipment and Resources to Borrow
- You can borrow or hire the following equipment: manual wheelchairs. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from the Visitor Reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
- You can borrow or hire the following mobility vehicles: off-road/all-terrain mobility scooters. It is highly recommended that these are booked in advance, where this is possible. Please check the National Trust website for details.
- You can borrow these from the Visitor Reception. View more information about booking and collection of equipment.
Route to (the House)
- Exiting the Visitor Reception to the right, follow the path ahead and over the bridge.
Follow the path around the Stables Building until you reach the House. To the left will be the House entrance. - The route to the area is step-free via a slight ramp/slope.
- Path surfaces along the route are concrete, gravel and cobbles.
- The majority of the paths are wide enough for wheelchair users.
- There is a shuttle which can take visitors to this area, but wheelchair users will need to transfer into it.
Entrance
- The entrance surveyed is located on the left as you enter through the arches.
- There is step-free level access at the entrance.
- There is a single manual door which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 122cm.
Tour
- The tour is self-guided but volunteers/staff are available to provide additional information.
- The tour takes approximately 25 minutes.
- There is stepped access along the tour route.
- The majority of walkway widths are between 120cm and 180cm.
- The tour can not be adapted to avoid inaccessible areas.
- The tour route may vary depending on the season.
- There is no (or very little) background noise along the tour route.
- Tour information includes the following formats: information board and audio description.
- The tour does not have a hearing assistance system.
- There are sofas and chairs without armrests at regular intervals along the tour.
- The following furniture is permanently fixed: some of the chairs.
- Some flooring along the tour route is smooth and even.
- Where the flooring is not smooth or even, this is due to carpet.
- Lighting levels are varied throughout the tour route.
Stairs
- The floors which are accessible by stairs are G, 1.
- There are more than 20 steps between floors.
- The steps are not clearly marked with a handrail on the left going up.
- The highest step is 16cm high.
- Lighting levels are moderate to good.
Exit
- The exit is located at the end of the tour.
- There is step-free level access at the exit.
- There is a single manual door which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 121cm.
- There is a second manual door, which is permanently open.
- The width of the opening is 121cm.
- There is a small lip on the threshold of the exit with a height of more than 1.5cm.